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I live in Chicago and this city feels so full of energy in the summer. There are constant festivals, events, people are hosting cookouts, everyone's outside. It feels like a constant party. You pay for it in the winter though.

I lived most of my life in South Carolina. Last year, I made the mistake of visiting SC in the summer. I had to say no to so many plans in Chicago and leave beautiful weather to visit the hottest, muggiest, no-wind-est place on earth. In Columbia, SC the pride festival is held in October because if it was held in June, people would just die. I told my friends and family that they visit me during the summer and I'll be around for the holidays.

Israel’s plan to build Gaza ‘concentration camps’ was rolled out months ago #Palestine mondoweiss.net/2025/07/israels…

Lord,
we praise you with our lips,
and with our lives and hearts.
Our very existence is a gift from you;
to you we offer all that we have and are.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

________

May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.

Yesterday was the remembrance day for the genocide of Srebrenica. War criminals Radic & Karadžić were convicted by the International Court of Justice and are serving life sentences in jail. icty.org/en/press/radovan-kara…

A similar massacre is taking place in Gaza, with 800 hungry civilians recently killed while searching for food. It won't be too early until the #ICJ also convicts Netanyahu & Gallant, currently charged with war crimes & crimes against humanity.
theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

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I just created an account on the newly-launched social media platform UpScrolled.

First impression: clean, really easy to sign up to and get going. Format looks like a mix between Twitter and Instagram.

I like the core ideas behind this platform. It's based in Australia, with servers in Ireland. Created by Issam Hijazi, an Australian-Palestinian, and backed by Tech For Palestine incubator.

So, unlike Instagram, Twitter, Bluesky and Mastodon, Palestinians and Arabs will not constantly have to deal with shadowbans or suspension.

It promises to be activist, artist, and organiser friendly. Will be interesting to see how the community develops.

Download on Google Play Store or Apple App.

This is my account
share.upscrolled.com/en/user/d…

More info:
upscrolled.com/en/about-us/

updates.techforpalestine.org/u…

‘Triangle of death’ casts shadow over Gaza; humanitarian conditions catastrophic parstoday.ir/en/news/daily_new…

Some Dems are terrified to be blamed for shutting down the government. What leverage do we have, they whine. THE PURSE:

1. The budget on offer is going to be absolutely horrific; reject it and OFFER BETTER.

2. MusktRump has already shut the government down by firing so many thousands of people.

3. DEMANDS:
a. no budget until he rehires all those people they were illegally fired;
b. a SANE budget; and, most importantly,
c. FIRE MUSK & RATS AND ELIMINATE DOGE.
rsn.org/001/what-leverage-do-w…

Clearly an option many are considering. A few may have the wherewithal? Or maybe Trump will surprise everyone and change into something more decent and rational.
(Who knew a laugh tastes bitter.)

independent.co.uk/news/world/a…
and this guy--
independent.co.uk/news/world/a…

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Just to be clear: Palestinians who refuse to “voluntarily” enter this concentration camp will be MURDERED if Israel decides with no proof or obligation to provide any proof.
Those inside the "most humanitarian concentraiton camp" will also be killed if Israel "think" they are Hamas or may be a danger to Israel any time in the future, even children since many IDF forces see Palestinian resistance as something in the bloodline of the resistance fighters.

That’s the plan. Stated openly. And people still insist with a straight face that this isn’t genocide.

And this is the country and the criminal regime the EU, US, Canada, Australia and the Arab league support, fund and protect!

#Israel #Gaza #ConcentrationCamp #Genocide #EthnicCleansing #USpo #EUpol #Politics #WarCrime #Inhumanity #BDS #SanctionIsrael #StopIsrael

@israel @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe

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Is it possible to have a national class action suit to remove Trump and Krew due to his acts of sedition (destroying the US government), treason (same), murder, fascism or any other litany of CRIMES these nazi shits are committing? WE MUST RID OURSELVES OF HIM.

"But a new Washington Post report reveals quite the opposite — that Florida officials are relying in large part on minor traffic stops to find immigrants to throw in the facility."
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Trump Issued Tariffs on ASEAN Nations as Their Meeting Opened in Malaysia; Prime Minister Anwar Blasted This Geopolitics eir.news/2025/07/news/trump-is…

Das ist nicht nur kein Widerspruch, sondern ein und dasselbe. Es ist gar nicht möglich, zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt "pro-israelisch" zu sein ohne dadurch effektiv übelsten Antisemitismus zur Schau zu stellen. Was ist antisemitischer als jüdische Menschen zwanghaft mit Völkermord in Verbindung zu bringen? Was ist antisemitischer als zu behaupten, jüdische Menschen seien ipso facto gar nicht zur vollen Bandbreite menschlichen Handelns fähig?
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Stell dir vor, du bist derart menschenverachtend und moralisch verwest, dass du in einem offiziellen Dokument, behauptest, es sei ein gutes Argument gegen ein Aussetzen der privilegierten Sonderbehandlung Israels durch die EU, dass ein “bake sale" zugunsten von Kindern in Gaza stattgefunden hat, den du irgendwie doof findest. Dass das also irgendwie genauso schlimm sei, wie lückenlos dokumentierte sadistische Kriegsverbrechen und Massenmord und gegen diese aufgewogen werden müsse.

Die EINZIGE Erklärung ist, dass Frau Schnurbein Palästinenser*innen als buchstäbliche Untermenschen betrachtet, und sich dazu auch noch schriftlich bekennt. bird.makeup/users/hahauenstein…

"Does anyone really believe that would not have happened if there were just some different executives at Google? The structural forces of capitalism, of the public market, of the demand for growth at all costs would have bowled them over too.

Indeed, we’ve already run the experiment on whether a set of companies and executives claiming they’d be better than the old guard will really deliver on that promise. That was exactly the narrative the tech industry sold to the world when it was a bunch of startups and scrappy founders fighting to displace the dominant firms they were going up against. They promised they would “do no evil.”

That narrative was valuable in selling themselves and their products to the public, with ample help from a credulous media that loves to chase money and power. Years later, we can see it was an effective marketing campaign that allowed them to evade regulation and taxation that applied to traditional industries for far longer than they should’ve gotten away with.

The tech oligarchs are just as bad as — if not worse than — the executives and monopolists that preceded them, and a new crop of founders won’t change the way that vast wealth and power tends to corrupt those who wield it.

There are certainly exceptions to these rules. Wikipedia remains a non-profit entity and Signal seems to be resisting the pressure to pursue growth at all costs. But they’re few and far between, and it’s not better founders that will change that. It requires upending the structural forces that push companies and the people who run them to cast all other considerations aside in the pursuit of power and profit."

disconnect.blog/p/better-found…

#Capitalism #BigTech #SiliconValley

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@jae@darkdork.dev @zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org
Yep, they work as expected!
I must have a DM-related trauma — my original Fedi instance, Librem Social, which is a fork of old Mastodon, has no DMs… I don't think it has any scopes. It also has no other timelines, but people you follow — so finding people to follow was no small feat. That is probably why I expect nothing to work 😆
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@jae@darkdork.dev @zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org
I believe this instance is hosted on the potatoest computer of all Fedi. The PowerPC MacMini with only 1 gig of RAM it runs on also hosts an XMPP server (Prosody), all my Git repos and acts as a bittorrent seedbox (transmission) and a print server! It's 20 years old of which I think for 15 it was running 24/7, poor thing 😅
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My proxy server/VPN box has 512 Mb 😂
I still like that thing because it's passively cooled, it's connected to the amp and I run cmus on it and listen to the music — really appreciate being able to do this without computer noise.
It also hosts my Gemini capsule and few other small things. It's kinda funny because my "client" machines have their RAM maxed out, by I manage to get away using very little on the machines I host things on, I think I've even patched its kernel to prevent RAM from being reserved for video 🤔
512 Mb is surprisingly usable BTW. I have Toshiba AC100 — one of the early widely-available ARM machines, for TUI software it's perfect! I can't use it any more — the backlight died, maybe I'll replace it one day. It has a built-in cellular modem and with a new battery it could be a nice machine. Then I have an old ThinkPad T40, also with 512 Mb — with software like gomuks, profanity, w3m, tut, cmus — works like magic. Lagrange works fine and I can even open a lightweight website in surf/WebKit.
I think we got spoiled with overabundance of it — of everyday things web browsers consume most RAM, otherwise you can still have fun with very little.

PKK Begins Disarmament Process after 40 Years of Armed Struggle in Turkey tn.ai/3352348

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We are looking for an investor who can loan our holding company 237,000 US dollars.

With this money, we will open a farm in Baku, Azerbaijan to produce animal-based food.

We will also make our own animal feed, so our products will be healthier, better quality, and cheaper.

Because we sell quality products for less and have strong advertising, we will sell more worldwide and make big profits.

Why Azerbaijan? Because animal farming makes a lot of money there, but few people do it. That’s why we will earn more by starting in Azerbaijan.

Additionally, by producing our own animal feed, we will be able to sell healthier, higher quality animal products at a lower price.

Since we can sell quality products cheaply and thanks to our strong advertising network, we will be able to sell more internationally and make huge profits.

The reason for establishing the business in Azerbaijan is that animal husbandry is a very profitable business in Azerbaijan, but since there are very few people doing animal husbandry, establishing the farm in Azerbaijan will provide us with more income.

Your profit:

You will lend 237,000 US dollars to our holding company and when 22.03.2026 comes, you will receive your money back as 953,000 US dollars.

Your earnings will be great. When 22.03.2026 comes, you will get your money back as 953.00 US dollars.

You will lend 237,000 US dollars to our holding company and when 22.03.2026 comes, you will receive your money back as 953,000 US dollars.

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That means you will earn 716,000 US dollars profit in just 9 months.

If you like this project and want to loan us money, message me on WhatsApp or Telegram for more details.

If our project is suitable for you and you would like to lend money to our holding, send a message to my WhatsApp number or Telegram username below and I will give you detailed information.

For detailed information and to lend money to our holding, send a message to my whatsapp number or telegram username below and I will give you detailed information.

My WhatsApp phone number:
+44 7842 572711

My telegram username:
@adenholding

EN/ES: BLACK AUGUST Call for a month of action and propaganda by comrades Lupi, Tortuga, and Belén -(Internacional) AGOSTO NEGRO Llamado a un mes de acción y propaganda por lxs compañerxs Lupi, Tortuga y Belén (Chile)
actforfree.noblogs.org/2025/07…

"via: informativoanarquista BLACK AUGUST

Absolutely in love with these little guys recently, but I know I'm completely incapable of handling them. Tokay geckos are fast, defensive and have one of the meanest bites among all species of gecko that they like to use any time they feel threatened.

Why do these complete demons have to be so adorable?

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Conversely, chameleon geckos are just as adorable and much more handleable. They're curious, personable and absolutely tiny, with a fully-grown adult typically measuring between 2.5 - 3 inches in length.

I'm debating getting some of these, but I'll wait and see if I'm still interested in 3-4 months so I know I'm not just going through a lizard phase.

#Israel defence minister’s announcement on Monday of his plans to forcibly transfer all #Palestinian civilians in #Gaza to a camp in the ruined city of #Rafah without allowing them to leave.
#ConcentrationCamps
theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
in reply to Acta Populi

We are looking for an investor who can loan our holding company 237,000 US dollars.

With this money, we will open a farm in Baku, Azerbaijan to produce animal-based food.

We will also make our own animal feed, so our products will be healthier, better quality, and cheaper.

Because we sell quality products for less and have strong advertising, we will sell more worldwide and make big profits.

Why Azerbaijan? Because animal farming makes a lot of money there, but few people do it. That’s why we will earn more by starting in Azerbaijan.

Additionally, by producing our own animal feed, we will be able to sell healthier, higher quality animal products at a lower price.

Since we can sell quality products cheaply and thanks to our strong advertising network, we will be able to sell more internationally and make huge profits.

The reason for establishing the business in Azerbaijan is that animal husbandry is a very profitable business in Azerbaijan, but since there are very few people doing animal husbandry, establishing the farm in Azerbaijan will provide us with more income.

Your profit:

You will lend 237,000 US dollars to our holding company and when 22.03.2026 comes, you will receive your money back as 953,000 US dollars.

Your earnings will be great. When 22.03.2026 comes, you will get your money back as 953.00 US dollars.

You will lend 237,000 US dollars to our holding company and when 22.03.2026 comes, you will receive your money back as 953,000 US dollars.

When 22.03.2026 comes, I will give you back your money in the amount of 953,000 US dollars.

That means you will earn 716,000 US dollars profit in just 9 months.

If you like this project and want to loan us money, message me on WhatsApp or Telegram for more details.

If our project is suitable for you and you would like to lend money to our holding, send a message to my WhatsApp number or Telegram username below and I will give you detailed information.

For detailed information and to lend money to our holding, send a message to my whatsapp number or telegram username below and I will give you detailed information.

My WhatsApp phone number:
+44 7842 572711

My telegram username:
@adenholding

(Netherlands ) Animal Liberation Front attacks slaughterhouse.
actforfree.noblogs.org/2025/07…

"In early hours of 10th June 2025 the Animal Liberation Front carried out an attack on Slaughterhouse Plukon in Oosterblokker, Netherlands. 9 chicken transportation trucks and one van were completely burned down. (via: indymedia.nl/node/55854) Factory manager Erlend Beltman reports to De Telegraaf (media) that he suspects